Re: Subsystem and Apache Setup for Zend Server 6

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, the Zend Server and the HTTP server should be in the same memory.

Make sure to check the routing entries to be sure the memory is being 
used as you expect it.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 8/13/13 12:40 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Jim - I set up a new *SHRPOOL entry and changed the ZENDSVR6 subsystem to
> use that shared pool:
>
> Subsystem description:   ZENDSVR6       Status:   ACTIVE
>
> Pool        Storage     Activity
>   ID        Size (K)      Level
>    1       *SHRPOOL6
>
> Are you saying that I should change the QHTTPSVR subsystem to use the same
> shared pool? And that I should change the Activity Level for the pool
> definition in the SBSD to 200?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Jim Oberholtzer <
> midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > >If you move QHTTPSVR subsystem and it's jobs into a shared memory pool,
> > >make sure to move the ZendSvr subsystem into that same memory. The Zend
> > >server uses memory in very specific ways that make the two sets of jobs
> > >need to run in the same memory.
> > >
> > >I think that is a very good thing to do, but they have to go together.
> > >
> > >As far as the shared pools vs. fixed memory pool, stay with a shared
> > >pools and set the paging option to *CALC. Threads will be about 200 to
> > >start depending on how many Apache servers are running.
> > >
> > >Jim Oberholtzer
> > >Chief Technical Architect
> > >Agile Technology Architects
> > >
> > >On 8/13/13 9:03 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> > > > >Hi folks -
> > > > >
> > > > >Implementing a PHP solution on an E6C system. Lots of memory, lots of
> > >disk,
> > > > >system isn't overworked at this point. V7R1. System value QPFRADJ is set
> > >to
> > > > >3 (Automatic Adjustment). Default Zend Server 6 installation uses *BASE
> > > > >memory pool.
> > > > >
> > > > >Zend Server performance is lousy. Much slower page load and data
> > >retrieval
> > > > >than the same code on the development system. Lots of Toolkit and stored
> > > > >procedure use.
> > > > >
> > > > >I'm thinking that the first step would be to establish a fixed memory
> > >pool
> > > > >just for Zend Server, set it to *NOMAX for threads, and see how it runs.
> > > > >
> > > > >What tuning recommendations, for both Apache and Zend, do you folks
> > > > >suggest? Any good documentation on this?
> > > > >
> > > > >Thanks!
> > > > >--
> > >
> > >--